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Results are Tagged with "East Asia and the Pacific"

Building Bonds with Burma through Basketball

Burmese teenage girls practice their skills together at a D.C.-area high school.

Sports Diplomacy tipped off 2013 with the first-ever State Department Burmese sports visitor program.

U.S. Student Uses ‘Gangnam Style’ to Depict Daily Life in China

Comedians spend much of their time learning jokes, rehearsing lines and practicing delivery. For Fulbright U.S. Student Jesse Appell, however, the first step isn’t about the lines – it’s about being proficient in Chinese.

Chinese Hospital Stay Inspires Children’s Story

Erik never expected that his stay in a local hospital would inspire him to write and illustrate a children's book.

Envoys Tamika Raymond and Kiesha Brown Travel to China

Kiesha Brown teaches ball handling to the girls from Shenhe Migrant Workers Elementary School in China.

Working with the Women’s National Basketball Association, the U.S. Department of State sent former WNBA stars Tamika Raymond and Kiesha Brown to Shenyang, China.

National Security Language Initiative for Youth (NSLI-Y) in China

NSLI-Y students visit the Olympic stadium in Beijing, China.

National Security Language Initiative for Youth program participants in China.

The Rhythm Road - Bluegrass Band The Student Loan

The American Bluegrass band, The Student Loan, performs during their Rhythm Road tour of Asia.

Members of the bluegrass band, The Student Loan, talk about their trip to Asia as part of The Rhythm Road.

Ambassadors Fund for Cultural Preservation 2010 Awards

Stone sculptures from Lore-Lindu National Park in Central Sulawesi Province, Indonesia

Highlights of the cultural preservation projects around the world that received funding from the U.S. Department of State's U.S. Ambassadors Fund for Cultural Preservation in 2010.

National Security Language Initiative for Youth - Chinese Language

China Project 2010

The National Security Language Initiative for Youth (NSLI-Y) provides scholarships for eligible high school students to learn less commonly taught languages, including Chinese.

U.S.- China People-to-People Exchange

A US-China People-to-People Exchange participant in China

Watch Chinese and American students talk about their exchange and language-learning experiences.

Kennedy-Lugar YES Program

Kennedy-Lugar program participants express their enthusiasm for their U.S. experience.

The Kennedy-Lugar Youth Exchange and Study (YES) Program provides scholarships to high school students.

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